Researchers uncover SSHStalker, an IRC botnet exploiting legacy Linux flaws and SSH servers to build persistent covert access.

A newly documented Linux botnet named SSHStalker is using the IRC (Internet Relay Chat) communication protocol for command-and-control (C2) operations.

A newly discovered Linux variant of the SystemBC remote access trojan has infected over 10,000 hosting servers globally.

Investigators have already seen that Kimwolf’s C2 domains have been successfully taken down by unknown parties at least three times in Dec, yet the botnet has always returned stronger, a pattern ...

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